Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Bolboschoenus - [maps | photos]

• Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: river bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

         • Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) A. Gray

Bulbostylis - [maps | photos]

• Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: water grass

• Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: densetuft hair sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Bulbostylis capillaris var. crebra Fernald

• Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Ell.) Fernald var. coarctata (Ell.) Kral (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: capillary hair sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Bulbostylis coarctata (Ell.) Fernald

Carex - [maps | photos]

• Carex abscondita Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: thicket sedge

• Carex aestivaliformis Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)

• Carex aestivalis M.A. Curtis ex Gray
  Common Name: summer sedge

• Carex aggregata Mackenzie
  Common Name: glomerate sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. var. aggregata (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex alata Torr.
  Common Name: broadwing sedge

• Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: whitetinge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. albicans

         • Carex artitecta Mackenzie

• Carex albolutescens Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: greenwhite sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex longii Mackenzie

• Carex albursina Sheld.
  Common Name: white bear sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. latifolia Boott

• Carex allegheniensis Mack.
  Common Name: Allegheny sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

• Carex alopecoidea Tuckerman (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: foxtail sedge

• Carex amphibola Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge

• Carex annectens (Bickn.) Bickn.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: yellowfruit sedge

• Carex appalachica J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball
  Common Name: Appalachian sedge

• Carex argyrantha Tuckerman (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: silvery-flowered sedge

• Carex atlantica Bailey ssp. atlantica
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: prickly bog sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex incomperta Bickn.

• Carex atlantica Bailey ssp. capillacea (Bailey) Reznicek
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: prickly bog sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex howei Mackenzie

• Carex aureolensis Steud.
  Common Name: broadscale sedge

• Carex austrina Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: southern sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. australis Olney ex Bailey

• Carex austrocaroliniana Bailey
  Common Name: tarheel sedge

• Carex baileyi Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bailey's sedge

• Carex barrattii Schwein. & Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Barratt's sedge

• Carex basiantha Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Willdenow's sedge

• Carex blanda Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: eastern woodland sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. blanda (Dewey) Boott

• Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shortbeak sedge

• Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willd. ssp. montana Naczi (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: mountain broomlike sedge

• Carex bromoides Schkuhr. ex Willd. ssp. bromoides
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: broomlike sedge

• Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: brownish sedge

• Carex bulbostylis Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bulbous sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex grisea Wahl. var. globosa Bailey

         • Carex amphibola Steud. var. globosa (Bailey) Bailey

• Carex bullata Schkuhr ex Willd. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: button sedge

• Carex bushii Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Bush's sedge

• Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Buxbaum's sedge

• Carex canescens L. ssp. disjuncta (Fern.) Toivonen (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: silvery sedge

• Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey
  Common Name: Carey's sedge

• Carex caroliniana Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Carolina sedge

• Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: oval-leaf sedge

• Carex cherokeensis Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Cherokee sedge

• Carex collinsii Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Collins' sedge

• Carex communis Bailey
  Common Name: fibrousroot sedge

• Carex comosa Boott (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longhair sedge

• Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: hirsute sedge

• Carex conjuncta Boott
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: soft fox sedge

• Carex corrugata Fernald
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex amphibola Steud.

• Carex crawei Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Crawe's sedge

• Carex crebriflora Wiegand
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: coastal plain sedge

• Carex crinita Lam. var. brevicrinis Fernald
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: fringed sedge

• Carex crinita Lam. var. crinita
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: fringed sedge

• Carex cristatella Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: crested sedge

• Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: ravenfoot sedge

• Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson
  Common Name: Cumberland sedge

• Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Davis' sedge

• Carex debilis Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: white edge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei Bailey

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

• Carex decomposita Muhl.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cypressknee sedge

• Carex digitalis Willd. var. digitalis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: slender woodland sedge

• Carex digitalis Willd. var. macropoda Fern.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: slender woodland sedge

• Carex eburnea Boott
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: bristleleaf sedge

• Carex echinata Murr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: star sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex angustior Mack.

         • Carex echinata Murr. var. angustata (Carey) Bailey

• Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr.
  Common Name: Emmons' sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.)

• Carex festucacea Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fescue sedge

• Carex flaccosperma Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: thinfruit sedge

• Carex flexuosa Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: Rudge's white-edge sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. interjecta Bailey

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei Bailey

         • Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera Gray

• Carex folliculata L. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: northern long sedge

• Carex frankii Kunth
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Frank's sedge

• Carex fumosimontana D. Estes (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Smoky Mountain sedge

• Carex gigantea Rudge
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: giant sedge

• Carex glaucescens Ell.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: southern waxy sedge

• Carex glaucodea Tuckerman ex Olney
  Common Name: blue sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex flaccosperma Dewey var. glaucodea (Tuckerman ex Olney) Kukenth.

• Carex gracilescens Steud.
  Common Name: slender looseflower sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. gracillima (Boott) Boott ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald

• Carex gracillima Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: graceful sedge

• Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: limestone meadow sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. var. haleana (Olney) Porter

         • Carex haleana Olney

• Carex gravida Bailey var. gravida
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland

• Carex gravida Bailey var. lunelliana (Mack.) Herm.  (Fed Delisted)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland

• Carex grayi J. Carey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Gray's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex grayi J. Carey var. hispidula A. Gray

• Carex grisea Wahlenb.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: inflated narrowleaf sedge

• Carex gynandra Schwein.
  Common Name: nodding sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex crinita Lam. var. gynandra (Schwein.) Schwein. & Torr.

• Carex hirsutella Mackenzie
  Common Name: fuzzy sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex hirsuta Willd.

         • Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. var. hirsuta (Bailey) Gleason

• Carex hirtifolia Mackenzie (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: pubescent sedge

• Carex hitchcockiana Dewey (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Hitchcock's sedge

• Carex hyalinolepis Steud. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shoreline sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lacustris Willd.

• Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bottlebrush sedge

• Carex interior Bailey (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: inland sedge

• Carex intumescens Rudge
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: greater bladder sedge

• Carex jamesii Schwein.
  Common Name: James' sedge

• Carex joorii Bailey
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cypress swamp sedge

• Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
  Common Name: Kral's sedge

• Carex laevivaginata (Kük.) Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smoothsheath sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. laevivaginata Kük.

• Carex laxiculmis Schwein. var. copulata (Bailey) Fernald
  Common Name: spreading sedge

• Carex laxiculmis Schwein. var. laxiculmis
  Common Name: spreading sedge

• Carex laxiflora Lam.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: broad looseflower sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. serrulata F.J. Herm.

• Carex leavenworthii Dewey
  Common Name: Leavenworth's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. var. leavenworthii (Dewey) Kük.

• Carex leptalea Wahlenb.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bristlystalked sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex leptalea Wahlenb. ssp. harperi (Fenald) W. stone

• Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: nerveless woodland sedge

• Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: southern long sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex folliculata L. var. australis Bailey

• Carex longii Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Long's sedge

• Carex louisianica Bailey
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Louisiana sedge

• Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum Rettig
  Common Name: Blue Ridge sedge

• Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: false hop sedge

• Carex lupulina Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hop sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. var. pedunculata Gray

• Carex lurida Wahlenb.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland

• Carex manhartii Bryson (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Manhart's sedge

• Carex meadii Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Mead's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex tetanica Schkuhr var. meadii (Dewey) Bailey

• Carex mesochorea Mackenzie
  Common Name: midland sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. var. mesochorea (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex misera Buckley (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: wretched sedge

• Carex mitchelliana M.A. Curtis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex crinita Lam. var. mitchelliana (M.A. Curtis) Gleason

• Carex molesta Mackenzie ex Bright
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: troublesome sedge

• Carex molestiformis Reznicek & Rothrock
  Common Name: frightful sedge

• Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. enervis Boott
  Common Name: Muhlenberg's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex plana Mackenzie

• Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. muehlenbergii
  Common Name: Muhlenberg's sedge

• Carex muskingumensis Schwein. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Muskingum River sedge

• Carex nigromarginata Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: black edge sedge

• Carex normalis Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: greater straw sedge

• Carex oblita Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: darkgreen sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckl

• Carex oklahomensis Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Oklahoma sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. oklahomensis (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  Common Name: richwoods sedge

• Carex ouachitana Kral, Manhart & Bryson (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Ouachita Mountain sedge

• Carex ovalis * Goodenough
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: eggbract sedge

• Carex oxylepis Torr. and Hook. var. oxylepis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Sharpscale sedge

• Carex oxylepis Torr. and Hook. var. pubescens J.K. Underwood
  Common Name: Hairy Sharpscale sedge

• Carex pallescens L. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: pale sedge

• Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longstalk sedge

• Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: woolly sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex lanuginosa auct. non Michx.

• Carex pensylvanica Lam.
  Common Name: Pennsylvania sedge

• Carex physorhyncha Lieb.ex Steud.
  Common Name: stellate sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (Mailey) Rettig

• Carex picta Steud.
  Common Name: painted sedge

• Carex pigra Naczi
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slow sedge

• Carex planispicata Naczi
  Common Name: flat-spiked sedge

• Carex plantaginea Lam.
  Common Name: plantainleaf sedge

• Carex platyphylla J. Carey
  Common Name: broadleaf sedge

• Carex prasina Wahlenb.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: drooping sedge

• Carex projecta Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: necklace sedge

• Carex purpurifera Mackenzie
  Common Name: purple sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex laxiflora Lam. var. purpurifera (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex radiata (Wahl.) Small
  Common Name: eastern star sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. radiata (Wahl.) Dewey

• Carex reniformis (Bailey) Small (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: kidneyshape sedge

• Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: reflexed sedge

• Carex reznicekii Werier
  Common Name: Reznicek's edge

• Carex roanensis F.J. Herm. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Roan Mountain sedge

• Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  Common Name: rosy sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex convoluta Mackenzie

• Carex ruthii Mackenzie (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Ruth's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex muricata L. var. ruthii (Mackenzie) Gleason

• Carex scabrata Schwein.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: eastern rough sedge

• Carex scoparia Schkuhr. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: broom sedge

• Carex seorsa Howe
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: weak stellate sedge

• Carex shortiana Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Short's sedge

• Carex socialis Mohlenbrock & Schwegman
  Common Name: low woodland sedge

• Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: burr reed sedge

• Carex squarrosa L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: squarrose sedge

• Carex sterilis Willd. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: dioecious sedge

• Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland

• Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var. stipata
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: owlfruit sedge

• Carex striatula Michx.
  Common Name: lined sedge

• Carex stricta Lam.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: upright sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex stricta var. strictior (Dew.) Carey

         • Carex stricta var. elongata (Bock.) Gleason

• Carex styloflexa Buckley
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: bent sedge

• Carex superata Naczi, Reznicek & Ford
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: limestone forest sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex willdenowii Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. megarrhyncha F.J. Herm.

• Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenzie
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: Swan's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd. var. swanii Fernald

• Carex tenera Dewey
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: quill sedge

• Carex tetanica Schkuhr (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: rigid sedge

• Carex texensis (Torr. ex Bailey) Bailey
  Common Name: Texas sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rosea Schkuhr. ex Willd. var. texensis Torr. ex Bailey

• Carex timida Naczi & Ford
  Common Name: timid sedge

• Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mackenzie) Crins
  Common Name: parachute sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rugosperma Mackenzie var. tonsa (Fernald) E. G. Voss

• Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell var. tonsa
  Common Name: shaved sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willdenow var. tonsa Fernald

• Carex torta Boott ex Tuckerman
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: twisted sedge

• Carex triangularis Boeckl.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: eastern fox sedge

         • Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. triangularis (Boeckl.) Kük.

• Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: blunt broom sedge

• Carex trichocarpa Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hairyfruit sedge

• Carex typhina Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cattail sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex squarrosa L. var. typhina (Michx.) Nutt.

• Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd.
  Common Name: parasol sedge

• Carex utriculata Boott. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Northwest Territory sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex rostrata Stokes var. utriculata (Boott) Bailey

• Carex vestita Willd. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  Common Name: velvet sedge

• Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: ribbed sedge

• Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: fox sedge

• Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Willdenow's sedge

• Carex woodii Dewey (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: wood's sedge

Cymophyllus - [maps | photos]

• Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker-Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Fraser's sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Carex fraseri Andrews

         • Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mackenzie ex Britton

         • Carex fraseriana Ker-Gawl.

Cyperus - [maps | photos]

• Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tapertip flat-sedge

• Cyperus bipartitus Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus rivularis Kunth

• Cyperus compressus * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: poorland flat-sedge

• Cyperus croceus Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Baldwin's flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus baldwinii Torr.

• Cyperus dentatus Torr. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: toothed flat-sedge

• Cyperus diandrus Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: umbrella flat-sedge

• Cyperus difformis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: variable flat-sedge

• Cyperus echinatus (L.) Wood
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: globe flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr.

• Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: redroot flat-sedge

• Cyperus esculentus L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: chufa flat-sedge

• Cyperus flavescens L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: yellow flat-sedge

• Cyperus flavicomus Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: whiteedge flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus albomarginatus Mart. & Schrad. ex Nees

• Cyperus granitophilus McVaugh
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: granite flat-sedge

• Cyperus haspan L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: haspan flat-sedge

• Cyperus hystricinus Fern.
  Common Name: bristly flatsedge

• Cyperus iria * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: ricefield flat-sedge

• Cyperus lancastriensis Porter ex A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: manyflower flat-sedge

• Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: Great Plains flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus bushii Britton

         • Cyperus filiculmis auct. non Vahl

• Cyperus odoratus L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: fragrant flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus ferruginescens Boeckl.

         • Cyperus engelmannii Steud.

• Cyperus plukenetii Fernald (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Plukenet's flat-sedge

• Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Texas flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. var. texensis (Torr.) Fernald

• Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: marsh flat-sedge

• Cyperus refractus Engelm. ex Boeckl.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: reflexed flat-sedge

• Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr.
  Common Name: rough flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus dipsaciformis Fernald

• Cyperus retrorsus Chapman
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: pine barren flat-sedge

• Cyperus rotundus * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: nut grass

• Cyperus squarrosus L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bearded flat-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus aristatus Rottb.

• Cyperus strigosus L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: strawcolored flat-sedge

• Cyperus surinamensis * Rottb.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: tropical flat-sedge

Dulichium - [maps | photos]

• Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: threeway sedge

Eleocharis - [maps | photos]

• Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: needle spike-rush

• Eleocharis bifida S.G. Smith
  Common Name: glade spike rush

• Eleocharis brittonii Svenson ex Small
  Common Name: Britton's spike-rush

• Eleocharis compressa Sull. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: flatstem spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis elliptica Kunth var. compressa (Sullivant) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock

• Eleocharis elliptica Kunth (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: elliptic spike-rush

• Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Engelmann's spike-rush

• Eleocharis equisetoides (Ell.) Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: jointed spike-sedge

• Eleocharis erythropoda Steud.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: red rooted spike-rush

• Eleocharis intermedia (Vahl) Roemer & J.A. Schultes (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: intermediate spike-rush

• Eleocharis lanceolata Fern. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: lance leaved spike-rush

• Eleocharis macrostachya Britt.
  Common Name: large spike-rush

• Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey var. filiculmis Torrey
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

• Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey var. microcarpa
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

• Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: blunt spike-rush

• Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  Common Name: ovate spike-rush

• Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: common spike-rush

• Eleocharis parvula (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: dwarf spike-rush

• Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. pseudoptera (Weath.) Svenson
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis elliptica Kunth var. pseudoptera (Weatherby ex Svens.) L. Harms

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. tenuis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. verrucosa (Svenson) Svenson
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis verrucosa (Svens.) L. Harms

• Eleocharis tortilis (Link) J.A. Schultes (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: twisted spike-rush

• Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cone-cup spike-rush

• Eleocharis wolfii (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Britton (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Wolf's spike-rush

Eriophorum - [maps | photos]

• Eriophorum virginicum L. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tawny cotton-grass

Fimbristylis - [maps | photos]

• Fimbristylis annua (All.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: annual fimbry

• Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: slender fimbry

• Fimbristylis decipiens * Kral
  Common Name: southern fimbry

• Fimbristylis miliacea * (L.) Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: grasslike fimbry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Fimbristylis littoralis Gaud.

• Fimbristylis perpusilla Harper ex Small & Britton (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: Harper's fimbry

• Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hairy fimbry

• Fimbristylis tomentosa * Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: woolly fimbry

• Fimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Vahl's fimbry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus vahlii Lam.

Fuirena - [maps | photos]

• Fuirena squarrosa Michx. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hairy umbrella-sedge

Isolepis - [maps | photos]

• Isolepis carinata Hook. & Arnason ex Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: keeled bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus koilolepis (Steud.) Gleason

Kyllinga - [maps | photos]

• Kyllinga gracillima Miq.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: pasture spike-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cyperus brevifolioides Thieret & Delahoussaye

         • Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. var. gracillima (Miquel) Kükenth.

         • Kyllinga brevifolioides (Thieret & Delahoussaye) G. Tucker

• Kyllinga pumila Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: low spike-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud.

         • Cyperus tenuiflora (Steud.) Dandy

         • Cyperus densicaespitosus Mattf. & Kükenth.

Lipocarpha - [maps | photos]

• Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: smallflower halfchaff-sedge
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax

Rhynchospora - [maps | photos]

• Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: white beakrush

• Rhynchospora caduca Ell. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: anglestem beakrush

• Rhynchospora capillacea Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: needle beakrush

• Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: brownish beakrush

• Rhynchospora chalarocephala Fern. & Gale (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: loosehead beakrush

• Rhynchospora colorata (L.) H. Pfeiffer
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: whitetop beakrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dichromena colorata (L.) A. S. Hitch.

• Rhynchospora corniculata (Lam.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shortbristle horned beakrush

• Rhynchospora debilis Gale (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: savannah beakrush

• Rhynchospora globularis (Chapman) Small var. globularis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: globe beakrush

• Rhynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: clustered beakrush

• Rhynchospora gracilenta A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: slender beakrush

• Rhynchospora harveyi W. Boott (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Harvey's beakrush

• Rhynchospora inexpansa (Michx.) Vahl
  Common Name: nodding beakrush

• Rhynchospora latifolia (Baldw. Ex Elliott) W.W. Thomas
  Common Name: sandswamp whitetop

• Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A. Gray (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tall horned beakrush

• Rhynchospora perplexa Britton (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: pineland beakrush

• Rhynchospora rariflora (Michx.) Elliott (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: fewflower beakrush

• Rhynchospora recognita (Gale) Kral
  Common Name: globe beakrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhynchospora globularis (Chapman) Small var. recognita Gale

Schoenoplectus - [maps | photos]

• Schoenoplectus californicus * (C.A. Mey.) Palla
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: California bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus californicus (C.A. Mey.) Steud.

• Schoenoplectus mucronatus * (L.) Palla
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bog bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus mucronatus L.

• Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: common three-square bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus americanus auct. non Pers.

• Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fern.) M.T. Strong
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: weakstalk bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus purshianus Fernald

• Schoenoplectus subterminalis (Torr.) Soják (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: swaying bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus subterminalis Torr.

• Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Gmel.) Palla
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: softstem bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus validus Vahl

         • Scirpus tabernaemontani Gmel.

Scirpus - [maps | photos]

• Scirpus atrovirens Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: green bulrush

• Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: wool grass
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus rubricosus Fernald

         • Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius Fernald

• Scirpus expansus Fernald
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: woodland bulrush

• Scirpus georgianus R.M. Harper
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Georgia bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus atrovirens Willd. var. georgianus (R.M. Harper) Fernald

• Scirpus pendulus Muhl.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: rufous bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus lineatus auct. non Michx.

• Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: leafy bulrush

Scleria - [maps | photos]

• Scleria ciliata Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: fringed nut-rush

• Scleria muehlenbergii Steud. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Muehlenberg's nut-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scleria reticularis Michx. var. pubescens Britton

• Scleria oligantha Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: littlehead nut-rush

• Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: fewflower nut rush

• Scleria triglomerata Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: whip nut-rush

• Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: low nut-rush

Trichophorum - [maps | photos]

• Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartman (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tufted bulrush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Scirpus caespitosus L.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.